Publié en ligne: 03 juin 2025
Pages: 68 - 78
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2025-0001
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This article intends to analyze the main theses of Hans Jonas’ ontological approach to plant life in his phenomenology of life. To do so, we will start with the hypothesis that plant life must be thought of as a carrier of mind (inwardness) and that this guarantees plants’ ethical status. From there, we will analyze the two approaches Jonas developed, which, according to him, demonstrate the ontological superiority of plants in relation to animals and simultaneously their greater vulnerability: material